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Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean proper noun: the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica.

indian ocean: the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica
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Proper noun

the Indian Ocean

  1. The ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica.
    • In the west, the outer periphery of the Inner Zone is the great divide separating Pacific Ocean and South China Sea drainage on the one hand, from drainage oriented towards Hsin-chiang in the northwest and towards the Indian Ocean in the southwest, on the other.1970, Joseph B. R. Whitney, China: Area, Administration, and Nation Building, Department of Geography, University of Chicago, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 38

Indian Ocean meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Indian Ocean in Hindi

the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica
हिंद महासागर hind mahāsāgar, हिन्द महासागर hind mahāsāgar

Indian Ocean in Tamil

the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica
இந்தியப் பெருங்கடல் intiyap peruṅkaṭal, இந்து மகாசமுத்திரம் intu makācamuttiram

Indian Ocean in Marathi

the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica
हिंदी महासागर hindī mahāsāgar

Indian Ocean in Urdu

the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica
بحر ہند bahr-e-hind
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Indian Ocean in Bengali
ভারত মহাসাগর bharot mohaśagor
Indian Ocean in Telugu
హిందూ మహాసముద్రం hindū mahāsamudraṁ
Indian Ocean in Malayalam
ഇന്ത്യൻ മഹാസമുദ്രം intyaṉ mahāsamudraṁ
Indian Ocean in Kannada
ಹಿಂದೂ ಮಹಾಸಾಗರ hindū mahāsāgara
Indian Ocean in Punjabi
ਹਿੰਦ ਮਹਾਂਸਾਗਰ hind mahānsāgar
Indian Ocean in Gujarati
હિંદ મહાસાગર hind mahāsāgar
Indian Ocean in Sinhala
ඉන්දියානු සාගරය indiyānu sāgaraya
Indian Ocean in Assamese
ভাৰত মহাসাগৰ bharot mohaxagor
Indian Ocean in Nepali
हिन्द महासागर hinda mahāsāgar
Indian Ocean in Pashto
هندي سمندر hendí samandár
Indian Ocean in Tagalog
Karagatang Indiyano
Indian Ocean in Arabic
الْمُحِيط الْهِنْدِيّ al-muḥīṭ al-hindiyy
Indian Ocean in Malay
Lautan Hindi, Lautan Kidul
Indian Ocean in Indonesian
Samudra Hindia
Indian Ocean in Persian
اقیانوس هند oqyânus-e hend
Indian Ocean in Thai
มหาสมุทรอินเดีย má-hǎa-sà-mùt-in-diia
Indian Ocean in Vietnamese
Ấn Độ Dương
Indian Ocean in Myanmar
အိန္ဒိယသမုဒ္ဒရာ indi.ya.sa.mudda.ra
Dhivehi
ހިންދު ކަނޑު hin̊du kaⁿḍu

Words formed from Indian Ocean

Questions about Indian Ocean

What does Indian Ocean mean?
Indian Ocean means the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica.
What is Indian Ocean in Hindi?
Indian Ocean in Hindi is हिंद महासागर (hind mahāsāgar), हिन्द महासागर (hind mahāsāgar). See Indian Ocean meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Indian Ocean?
Indian Ocean is a proper noun.

Words near Indian Ocean in the dictionary

  1. Indian mynas
  2. Indian nard
  3. Indian nards
  4. Indian nightjar
  5. Indian nightjars
  6. Indian Ocean
  7. Indian Ocean humpback dolphin
  8. Indian Ocean humpback dolphins
  9. Indian Orchard
  10. Indian Orthodox Church
  11. Indian ox

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